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sb_73 said:
Universities have just gone into melt down as the u turn on A levels means that the status of all the offers made in clearing last week is now up in the air. I know of at least one course at a leading Russell Group University which has capacity for 250 first years and now may have to cope with 400 if all original offers and clearing offers are honoured.

As was said in Scotland last week, this addresses a short term political pressure, but removes credibility from the whole education system for this particular cohort of kids.

Now would seem to be the sensible time to be asking ourselves some pretty basic questions in a cross party, long term kind of way -
- what kind of state health care provision do we want and how much are we prepared to pay for it? Should it be ready for unusual but at some (unpredictable) time inevitable events like a pandemic?
- what is our attitude to the elderly and vulnerable, who’s responsibility is it to care for them?
- what is education for? If it’s to make sure everybody gets what they want in an endless parade of improving grades, first class degrees, taught Masters degrees, long term individual debt and profitable but narrow tertiary education, let’s be upfront about it. Oddly, when university education was the preserve of the elite, much less than 10% of 18 years olds going for it, society was much more equal in terms of the gap between rich and poor.
- it is evident that our economy is built on shopping and eating. This has consequences.

The virus has given us a once in a generation opportunity to reset our expectations of government and each other, just as the Second World War did. But I doubt that we have the energy to do this and the government with an 80 seat majority certainly doesn’t have the incentive (it would be the same whatever shade of government). So we’ll end up kind of where we were before but a bit ****ter and a lot poorer.
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There was a point during lockdown when I really thought that things might change for the better once the pandemic was out of the way, but that optimism has faded recently. There will be some positives, I suppose - the end of 9 to 5 for many, with the resulting reductions in pollution and gridlock and perhaps redundant office space being freed up to provide much-needed housing - but I now don't think a 1945-style reset is at all likely, sadly. It's a shame that the next election is almost four years away, because it would be fascinating to see how closely post-Covid party manifestos reflected the national mood.
 
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The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates

MILLIONS MORE are going to die before the covid-19 pandemic is over. That is the stark message of Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s largest philanthropists via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in an interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, in early August. Most of these deaths, he said, would be caused not by the disease itself, but by the further strain on health-care systems and economies that were already struggling....

https://www.economist.com/internati...ll-be-over-by-the-end-of-2021-says-bill-gates

The fake pandemic was made for vaccination simple as that. They will need the 2nd lockdown ... and I see it coming.
 
Butthuber said:
The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates

MILLIONS MORE are going to die before the covid-19 pandemic is over. That is the stark message of Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s largest philanthropists via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in an interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, in early August. Most of these deaths, he said, would be caused not by the disease itself, but by the further strain on health-care systems and economies that were already struggling....

https://www.economist.com/internati...ll-be-over-by-the-end-of-2021-says-bill-gates

The fake pandemic was made for vaccination simple as that. They will need the 2nd lockdown ... and I see it coming.
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If there is a second wave (which looks probable) and a consequent second lockdown then it will be the result of people following your ideas and not taking the dangers of Covid 19 seriously.
 
colognehornet said:
If there is a second wave (which looks probable) and a consequent second lockdown then it will be the result of people following your ideas and not taking the dangers of Covid 19 seriously.
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They have already preannounced the 30th of August for Germany. This is an agenda (The Great Reset) and you should learn your lesson soon.
 
Butthuber said:
They have already preannounced the 30th of August for Germany. This is an agenda (The Great Reset) and you should learn your lesson soon.
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By 'preannounced' you are, of course, not referring to any official announcement but to a YouTube video given out by one of the activists from the initiative 'Querdenken' - which claims that some local councillor in an obscure location has received a 'letter from above' stating that this second lockdown is planned for August 30th. Strangely enough he does not then name either the councillor or the location. I suggest you get out into the real World a bit and actually look around rather than claiming obscure YouTube videos as being the final and only truth.
 
I've just spent the last week living in digs just outside Middlesborough town centre (yes, all the glamorous locations for me!). The local populance definately have some deficiencies in their gene pool, but I was astounded at the lack of social distancing of any kind taking placr, and the complete refusal by about 95% of them refusing to wear masks.

Monday night we booked a table at a recommended curry house (Akbars of Bradford if you're interested - they have a few places around - food was top standard). Anyway, the queue for the place was about 50m longs, big family groups of asians, white couples, groups of lads - none of them less that ¹/² metre apart. This queue remained at that length for the two hours we were in the restaurant, must've been some turnover as it was constantly moving.

Outside in the street, big groups of all ethnicities queueing for food, or packing out bars. The only precaution I noticed was our details and temperatures being taken before we were taken to our table.

It was the same all week - I tried to think it was all part of the "eat out to help out" deal, but even Thursday night was heaving. If this is indicative of how towns throughout England are coping with coming out of lockdown, then it's hardly surprising that there are spikes everywhere. I found it quute uncomfortable going into stores and being the only person with a mask on - back home near enough EVERYONE wears their masks.

Back down there next week - it's grim!
 
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Steelmonkey said:
I've just spent the last week living in digs just outside Middlesborough town centre (yes, all the glamorous locations for me!). The local populance definately have some deficiencies in their gene pool, but I was astounded at the lack of social distancing of any kind taking placr, and the complete refusal by about 95% of them refusing to wear masks.

Monday night we booked a table at a recommended curry house (Akbars of Bradford if you're interested - they have a few places around - food was top standard). Anyway, the queue for the place was about 50m longs, big family groups of asians, white couples, groups of lads - none of them less that ¹/² metre apart. This queue remained at that length for the two hours we were in the restaurant, must've been some turnover as it was constantly moving.

Outside in the street, big groups of all ethnicities queueing for food, or packing out bars. The only precaution I noticed was our details and temperatures being taken before we were taken to our table.

It was the same all week - I tried to think it was all part of the "eat out to help out" deal, but even Thursday night was heaving. If this is indicative of how towns throughout England are coping with coming out of lockdown, then it's hardly surprising that there are spikes everywhere. I found it quute uncomfortable going into stores and being the only person with a mask on - back home near enough EVERYONE wears their masks.

Back down there next week - it's grim!
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Rod liddle in the Sunday Times magazine last week was saying that Middlesbrough is the least compliant town or city in the country for mask wearing and other covid restrictions........
 
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Steelmonkey said:
I've just spent the last week living in digs just outside Middlesborough town centre (yes, all the glamorous locations for me!). The local populance definately have some deficiencies in their gene pool, but I was astounded at the lack of social distancing of any kind taking placr, and the complete refusal by about 95% of them refusing to wear masks.

Monday night we booked a table at a recommended curry house (Akbars of Bradford if you're interested - they have a few places around - food was top standard). Anyway, the queue for the place was about 50m longs, big family groups of asians, white couples, groups of lads - none of them less that ¹/² metre apart. This queue remained at that length for the two hours we were in the restaurant, must've been some turnover as it was constantly moving.

Outside in the street, big groups of all ethnicities queueing for food, or packing out bars. The only precaution I noticed was our details and temperatures being taken before we were taken to our table.

It was the same all week - I tried to think it was all part of the "eat out to help out" deal, but even Thursday night was heaving. If this is indicative of how towns throughout England are coping with coming out of lockdown, then it's hardly surprising that there are spikes everywhere. I found it quute uncomfortable going into stores and being the only person with a mask on - back home near enough EVERYONE wears their masks.

Back down there next week - it's grim!
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Places like this will only have themselves to blame if their area is put on lockdown.
I don't think there will be a nationwide 2nd wave, in England at least, but a lot of areas where the population behave as you describe will see plenty of spikes imo.
 
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colognehornet said:
By 'preannounced' you are, of course, not referring to any official announcement but to a YouTube video given out by one of the activists from the initiative 'Querdenken' - which claims that some local councillor in an obscure location has received a 'letter from above' stating that this second lockdown is planned for August 30th. Strangely enough he does not then name either the councillor or the location. I suggest you get out into the real World a bit and actually look around rather than claiming obscure YouTube videos as being the final and only truth.
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No, you are wrong. Keep looking for the right information which can be found on RBB and other sites. Lockdown until end of year.

We will get hold of all those traitors soon.
 
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Butthuber said:
No, you are wrong. Keep looking for the right information which can be found on RBB and other sites. Lockdown until end of year.

We will get hold of all those traitors soon.
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Which raises the obvious question of who exactly does 'we' refer to - together with exactly who you regard as being 'traitors' - or does this refer to the 95% of the World's population who don't share your views ? And also what does 'get hold of' mean ? I think that anyone reading this will be asking the same questions.
 
colognehornet said:
Which raises the obvious question of who exactly does 'we' refer to - together with exactly who you regard as being 'traitors' - or does this refer to the 95% of the World's population who don't share your views ? And also what does 'get hold of' mean ? I think that anyone reading this will be asking the same questions.
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You do not seem to be interested that the hoax is violating human rights. There will be 3 Million people in Berlin on August 29th who are smart enough to realise that this is just an agenda having gpt NOTHING to do with a dangerous virus. You will soon find out what is meant by "get hold of" means.
 
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